STATE v. SIMMONS

No. 23784.

427 S.E.2d 175 (1993)

The STATE, Respondent, v. Jonathan Dale SIMMONS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided February 1, 1993.

Rehearing Denied March 10, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David I. Bruck, and M. Anne Pearce, of S.C. Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Meldock, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen. Donald J. Zelenka, and Sol. Richard A. Harpootlian, Columbia, for respondent.


MOORE, Justice:

Appellant was convicted of murder, first degree burglary, and petit larceny. He was sentenced to death, a consecutive life term, and thirty days. We affirm.

FACTS

On July 17, 1990, the victim, Josie Lamb, was found dead in the bathroom of her home in the Olympia area of Columbia. Her skull had been crushed by an assailant who used the toilet tank lid to beat her on the head. Ms. Lamb was seventy-nine years old.

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